Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Missouri Company Cited Following Fatality at Joplin Site
Nov 16 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited utility company Missouri American Water for two willful safety violations following the May 16, 2012, death of a worker. Proposed...
Missouri AG: $36K Settlement with Company for Violating No-Call Law
Oct 31 2012 // Attorney General Chris Koster announced he has reached a settlement with Innovative Wealth Builders Inc., requiring the Florida business to pay $36,000 in penalties and to abide by Missouri telemarketing laws. Koster filed...
2 Life Terms in Missouri Insurance Agent’s Death
Oct 31 2012 // A St. Louis man was sentenced to two life terms for his part in the robbery and murder of St. Charles, Mo., insurance agent in 2007. Before being sentenced, 33-year-old Cleo S. Hines testified that he was forced to drive...
City, Fire Officials in Kansas and Missouri: Sky Lanterns Are Dangerous
Oct 23 2012 // Some municipal officials in Missouri and Kansas want to permanently ground lanterns that float through the night sky, saying they are dangerous balls of fire that could spark blazes when they land. The lanterns have become...
Midwest Farmers Planted Most of Land Flooded in 2011
Oct 22 2012 // Farmers this spring were able to plant all but a few thousand acres of the land deluged by last year’s flooding along on the Missouri River and the intentional breaching of a Mississippi River levee in southeast...
Missouri Insurance Department Fields 26K Complaints
Oct 19 2012 // Missouri’s Insurance Department says it has recovered $7.7 million so far this year for consumers with complaints about their insurance companies or coverage. The department said this week it fielded more than 10,000...
Illinois Infant Formula Maker Sued After Baby’s Death
Oct 18 2012 // The families of a three babies sickened by a rare bacterial infection, including a 10-day-old Missouri infant who died, filed a lawsuit against the Illinois-based manufacturer of a powdered baby formula that they believe...
Missouri Police Offer Breath Tests to Bar Patrons
Oct 17 2012 // Lines of drinkers recently waited on a weekend night to have their intoxication levels checked and it doesn’t have anything to do with a sobriety checkpoint. Kansas City, Mo., police allowed drinkers to measure their...
Missouri Recovers Nearly $8M for Consumers in First 9 Months of 2012
Oct 17 2012 // Consumers who filed complaints with the Missouri Department of Insurance have received almost $8 million in additional claims payments from their insurance companies in the nine months of 2012. The department said it has...
Missouri Couple Who Won $20M in Popcorn Suit Going Bankrupt
Oct 16 2012 // A southwest Missouri couple who won a $20 million verdict from the makers of a butter flavoring used at a popcorn plant have filed for bankruptcy. The Joplin Globe reports Eric and Cassandra Peoples of Carthage also are...
Court Rejects Missouri AG’s Health Care Lawsuit
Oct 8 2012 // A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s lawsuit challenging the federal health care law. The Kansas City Star reported that a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit...
Insurer Must Pay Missouri Firm $11M in Supply Chain Interruption Case
Oct 8 2012 // A federal jury in in St. Louis has ordered an insurance company to pay $11 million to a Joplin, Mo., company for damages caused by an oil pipeline leak. TAMKO Building Products Inc. said in a lawsuit that Factory Mutual...
US Fidelis Founders Sentenced to Prison in Missouri
Oct 2 2012 // The co-founders of defunct St. Louis-area auto service contract seller, US Fidelis, has been sentenced to prison on charges of stealing consumers’ refunds, insurance fraud and consumer fraud. Missouri Attorney...
Insurer Must Pay Missouri Firm $11M in Supply Chain Interruption Case
Sep 30 2012 // A federal jury ordered an insurance company to pay $11 million to a Joplin, Mo., company for damages caused by an oil pipeline leak. A federal jury in St. Louis returned the verdict. TAMKO Building Products Inc. said in a...
Aetna to Pay $1.5M in Settlement with Missouri
Sep 28 2012 // Missouri insurance regulators said that insurer Aetna agreed to pay a $1.5 million penalty to settle allegations that the company violated requirements for health coverage of autism, contraception and abortions. The state...
Missouri’s High Court Favors Insured in Question of Policy Ambiguity
Sep 24 2012 // Is a person hired to perform seasonal, part-time tasks for a company owner, based on a referral from an employee of the company, an employee or a temporary worker? It depends, according to Missouri’s high court...
Missouri Licenses 25th Captive Insurer
Sep 19 2012 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it has licensed its 25th captive insurance company. The state began allowing captive formation in 2007 and had just three licensees before Gov. Jay Nixon signed House Bill 577...
Missouri Lawyer Sentenced for Embezzling Insurance Payouts
Sep 12 2012 // A former lawyer in Missouri’s St. Louis County is going to prison after embezzling nearly $500,000 in insurance settlements from dozens of clients. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 53-year-old Jonathan McKee was...
Missouri Increases Reinsurance Requirement for Mutual Companies
Sep 10 2012 // State regulators say mutual insurance companies that provide property coverage to rural Missourians will be financially stronger because of a new reinsurance requirement. Missouri Department of Insurance reports that a new...
Missouri Supreme Court Strikes Down Non-Economic Damage Cap
Sep 10 2012 // Missouri’s top justices have ruled that the state’s law placing limits on the amount juries can award for non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutional. The state Supreme Court said...
